Trouble of the world : slavery and empire in the age of capital / Zach Sell.
Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781469661346; 9781469660455Subject(s): Slavery -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Colonization -- Economic aspects -- History -- 19th century | Capitalism -- History -- 19th century | Imperialism -- History -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 331.11/734097309034 LOC classification: E441 | .S46 2021Summary: "In the mid-nineteenth century, U.S. slavery was characterized by relentless expansion and unrelenting exportation, not only of commodities but also of ideas. Zach Sell traces U.S. slavery's significance to colonial land-based dispossessions on a global scale, showing how slavery molded the United States as an empire-state while other imperial powers looked to it as a model for their own colonial projects"-- Provided by publisher.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-321) and index.
"In the mid-nineteenth century, U.S. slavery was characterized by relentless expansion and unrelenting exportation, not only of commodities but also of ideas. Zach Sell traces U.S. slavery's significance to colonial land-based dispossessions on a global scale, showing how slavery molded the United States as an empire-state while other imperial powers looked to it as a model for their own colonial projects"-- Provided by publisher.